Lead Organizational Development

Lead - Organizational Development & Talent Management (OD & TM)

Grade: Senior Manager / Deputy General Manager

Experience: 6 -10 years

Location: Mumbai - Mahalaxmi (Work from Office)

Reporting to: Head - Talent Management, Organizational Development

Role Purpose

To design, drive, and execute Talent Management, Organizational Development, Employee Engagement, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), and Employee Experience initiatives to enable Ion Exchange's transformation and growth agenda. This role will be instrumental in building leadership pipelines, enabling internal mobility, fostering a high-performance culture, and supporting organization design and change interventions.

Key Responsibilities

1. Talent Management

2. Manage Talent Review and Succession Planning process across functions and levels.

3. Facilitate Talent Review Councils with business leaders to identify, calibrate, and plan for Hi-Potentials and successors.
4. Conduct training and enablement sessions for managers on talent identification, development, and internal mobility principles.
5. Design and implement frameworks for Career Paths, Internal Career Mobility, and Individual Development Plans (IDPs).
6. Execute Fast Track Talent Programs, including assessment and development centers for HiPo employees.
7. Support the design and review of Talent Management policies, including mobility, career progression, and HiPo nominations.

8. Partner with leadership on critical talent retention strategies.

9. Organizational Development (OD)

10. Drive Organization Design (OD) interventions, including Org Design, role clarity, structural changes, and capability alignment.

11. Lead initiatives in Job Evaluation (JE) and leveling frameworks to ensure internal equity and role benchmarking.
12. Support the institutionalization of the company's Values and Culture, including defining behavioral anchors and embedding through systems.
13. Facilitate change management strategies for key business and digital transformation initiatives
14. Lead the design and execution of employee listening initiatives.

15. Partner on building leadership team effectiveness, design and facilitation of OD workshops, interventions, and diagnostics.

16. Employee Engagement & Experience

17. Develop and manage the Employee Engagement strategy, including annual surveys, pulse checks, and focus group insights.

18. Work with cross-functional teams to drive action plans and initiatives to improve engagement scores.
19. Build the Employee Experience (EX) framework, mapping critical moments that matter across the employee lifecycle.

20. Champion a culture of continuous feedback, recognition, and positive work climate.

21. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

22. Support the execution of the DEI roadmap with initiatives focused on gender inclusion, generational diversity, and inclusive practices.

23. Design and drive awareness campaigns, sensitization workshops, and forums for allyship and belonging.

24. Support data-driven monitoring and reporting of DEI progress and outcomes.

25. HR Capability & Process Maturity

26. Work with HR and business leaders to uplift HR capability, maturity of TM and OD processes, and HR's strategic impact.

27. Collaborate across COEs (e.g., L&D, C&B) to ensure integrated talent solutions aligned with future capability needs.

Desired Profile

Qualifications : Postgraduate in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, or related field from a reputed institution.

Experience

• 6 - 10 years of experience in Talent Management and OD.
• Exposure to Talent Review processes, assessment centers, career frameworks, and org design.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of OD and Talent Management frameworks
• Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, and project execution capabilities.
• Strategic mindset with strong execution rigor and analytical ability.
• Comfort working in ambiguous and evolving environments with a transformation agenda.

Why Join Ion Exchange?

• Opportunity to lead high-impact HR initiatives in a company undergoing strategic transformation.
• Drive change in leadership capability, employee culture, and HR maturity.
• Work closely with senior leadership and the CHRO in shaping the future of the organization.